The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-02-15
THE LEGISLATURE.
THE PROHIBITION MEASURE
Is Given q Whirl in tho sennto-AIi Ameud.
monts Voted Down-Ths Tax.pnying
End of the State " snubbsd-Tho
Old, Old Story Oyer Again.
Special Di,palch 10 Me Iul,lli0me,r.

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measures OF intereat In both houses TO-
day were the prollibitory bills. In the
House Senate Bill 4, making property In
which saloons arc kept liable for damage
from the sale Of fliquor, and providing tha,
notice notice not to sell to individuals may
be filed by interested rartleu, and Measrs.
Woods and Harding moved amendments
and Mr.. Woods moved to recommit, but
every proposal was set down on hard and
the bill rushed through 10 i.s third read.
ing. WEI, - jEs llE'1-
In the Senate House bill 50 came up in
the afternoon. This prohibits the sale of
all intoxlcants except by licensed pharma.
cists for medicinal, scientific aud rechau.
ical purposes. Mr.. Scott moved TO amend
by tacking on clause making the drink
Ing OF any liquor q misdemeanor and sf-
fixing penalties. This was lost OF course.
Mr.. Scott moved to provide that tho
law shall not effect any county where at
9 popular election the act ia not adopted.
Lost. Thon no moved to strike out the
section which makes an exception in
favor Of druggists. Hssaid the bill would
surely deprive the State OF sos, 1000 raw.
enue and leave the sale Of liquor as un.
trsmelled as ever. a5l-g5.
President Price said when two wears
ago he introduced high license bill MI.
Scott opposed 1t, to which tho latter re.
torted that 1t enacted q high license for
Wheeling and low license for Pied
mont. 9fg
Senator McCreery had admitted to the
speaker that in Logan county there was
no license and no drug stores, but as much
drunkenness as ever.
Mr.. McCreery answered that when he
was Prosecuting Attorney 1t was not 40.
He then made his prohibition epeech
over. This speech has consumed In its
repstitions about twelve hours in the az.
gregate. -
Mr.. Scott said that apparently the only
use the interior could and had for tho
Panhandle was to collect taxes When
in the morning he had said to Senator
II a certain law were passed large pro-
jected mandatory would leave the State,
the answer was. "Let her co."
MIR. Dawson desired to modify this ex.
preston. He meant let it 20 to another
part OF the State. He accused Ohio county
OF wanting to dictate to the State, and said
II revenue we're to weigh against immortal
souls what a fool Judas Iscariot was when
he threw down the thirty pieces OF silver
and went and hanged himself,
The amendment was lost,
But one BY Mr.. Flournoy postponiug
tho acts effect till January /, 1888, was
adopted.
Mr.. Gettinger proposed substitute
limiting saloons to one for each $500 pop.
ulation, requiring signatures Of at least 80
freeholders to a petition before saloon
can be licensed and fixing tho license for
Wholesale houses at $500 aud for retail at
S500, with restrictions Of other kinds. The
bill WAS made the special order for TO-
morrow.
At the night scssion the House passed
bill authorizing mayors to summon LIQUOR
sellers suspected Of selling liquor on elec.
ton day and site such witnesses as de-
sired without any formal complaint being
made. =! = ~ 4 ~ :
The Senate passed Senator Dawson's
joint resolution to distribute the irreduci-
BILE school fund. .4.r..
Judge Maxwell to-day introduced in the
Senate joint resolution No. IS instructing
our senatora and requesting our rep,e-
ssntatives in Congress to endeavor to ee-
cure on act legalizing State bills regulating
railroad traffic and to give relief in cases
not covered by tho lstely enacted Inter.
State Commerce bill. t-:. -! ttrriG. "
The Governor to-day sent to ths Senate
the names Of tho Regents Of the State
Normal School for the ensuing term, aud
the Senate went into executive session 10
consider them. No final action WAS taken.
MIR. Dawson moved to remove the in
junction Of secrecy SO far as to allow the
communication to appear in the Journal
OF the days session, but the Senate re-
fused. - $50
at the Senate night session tho proposal
to increase the State schoo! levy from ten
to fifteen cents came up in connection
with the license bill and caused the USUAL
debate. It consumed nearly the whole
evening session in Committee of the
Whole, and WIS rejected by Is to S.